Surgery done.... Time to recover...

Apr 11, 2010

So I had my gastric bypass done 5 days ago.  It didn't seem real until I was actually in the recovery room after the surgery and it was actually done.  Everything seems to be going fine.  Surgery on Wednesday and released from the hospital on Friday.  Now I'm just recovering at home.  The liquid diet isn't that bad.  I haven't been hungry at all.  The main thing has been focusing on continually getting liquids down to stay hydrated.  30cc every 15 minutes isn't much, but I understand the need to go through this with the size of the new stomach and the healing process.  Funny thing is that even though I am not hungry I have craved a chili dog.  Don't know why though, its something I hardly ate in the past.

Another thing that is weird is the change in my sense of smell.  Smells are stronger and bug me more now.  Seems kind of like my wife when she was pregnant.  Hopefully it won't effect me too much.  My insides are rumbling like crazy and I'm still dealing with pain.  The pain is different though with most of it being inside, so it is a deep pain.  Not too bad though.  Not really in the mood to write now....

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